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HOMEGROWN: A Celebration of Talent, Heart and Home Will Feature Space Coast Legends and Stars

By  //  August 10, 2025

Cooper LaMontagne and Satellite High School to Host Benefit Concert Aug. 15

HOMEGROWN: A Celebration of Talent, Heart and Home, a benefit concert featuring Space Coast legends and stars, will take place Friday, August 15, at Satellite High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Scorpion Court, Satellite Beach, Florida. To order tickets in advance, CLICK HERE.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – HOMEGROWN: A Celebration of Talent, Heart and Home, a benefit concert featuring Space Coast legends and stars, will take place Friday, August 15, at Satellite High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Scorpion Court, Satellite Beach, Florida.

Activities will get underway at 5 p.m. with raffles, outdoor games, and food trucks, including BBQ and ice cream. The concert will begin at 7 p.m.

Host and director Cooper LaMontagne told me, “It’s a celebration of local talent and will help us in continuing to create more opportunities for young, ambitious artists.”

Proceeds from the event will go to the local theatre company, The Mountain Productions.

To order tickets in advance, CLICK HERE.

HOMEGROWN: A Celebration of Talent, Heart and Home, a benefit concert featuring local legends and stars, will take place Friday, August 15, at Satellite High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Scorpion Court, Satellite Beach, Florida.
Cooper LaMontagne will host and direct HOMEGROWN: A Celebration of Talent, Heart and Home, a benefit concert featuring local legends and stars. The event will take place Friday, August 15, at Satellite High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Scorpion Court, Satellite Beach, Florida. Activities will get underway at 5 p.m. with raffles, outdoor games, and two food trucks (BBQ and ice cream). The concert will begin at 7 p.m.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Steve Wilson moved to Brevard County in 1984 and has been a partner, along with Orville Susong, for the past 25 years with the Friday Night Locker Room, a broadcasting team that covers and reports on a wide variety of local events that are of significance to the residents of the Space Coast and beyond. Their mission is to promote youth sports and the space industry, support first responders and law enforcement personnel, and showcase community and charitable events that are produced by our nonprofit partners in central Florida.

Steve Wilson was born in DeRidder, Louisiana and grew up in both New Orleans and Macon, Georgia.  He moved to Brevard County in 1984 and retired from local government as the Community Advocate/Assistant to the City Manager with the City of Rockledge in 2018.

Among the awards and accolades Steve has received over the years are 15 + year Rockledge Little League volunteer, Brevard Public School Jefferson Award Recipient, Rockledge High School Raider Booster Award 2001, 2006, City of Rockledge Employee of the Year 2006, Rockledge Kiwanian of the Year 2006-2007, City of Rockledge Quality Public Service Award 2008, 2012, 2017, Rockledge Kiwanis Citizen of the Year 2012-2013, Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame – Sportscasting 2015, Rockledge High School Leadership and Service Award 2016, Central Florida Humanitarian Award 2017, Space Coast Inspiration Award – 2018,  Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame – Lifetime Achievement – 2020, Ecofest Achievement Award – 2022, Quality Floridian Award – 2022, presented by U.S. Congressman Bill Posey, Florida House District 32 Constituent of the Week 4/20/25.

Wilson is especially proud of his chairing two fundraisers in support of pediatric cancer research through the St. Baldrick’s Foundation in honor of Merritt Island resident Julie Spurlock that raised over $25,000.00.

He has been a partner, along with Orville Susong, for the past 26 years with the Friday Night Locker Room, a broadcasting team that covers and reports on a wide variety of local events that are of significance to the residents of the Space Coast and beyond. Their mission is to promote youth sports, support first responders and law enforcement personnel, and showcase community and charitable events that are produced by our nonprofit partners in central Florida.

The Friday Night Locker Room has awarded hundreds of sports achievement plaques to Brevard County student-athletes over the years. They have also awarded more than $18,000 in academic scholarships to Brevard County high school seniors.